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October 21, 1937

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1937Said Afandi al-Chirkawi, Russian spiritual leader and scholar (died 2012)[†]

Said Afandi al-Chirkawi was a prominent scholar in Shafii mazhab and a spiritual master, or murshid. He was killed by a suicide bomber in August 2012.

1937Hank Nelson, Australian historian and academic (died 2012)[†]

Hyland Neil "Hank" Nelson was one of Australia's foremost historians of the Pacific, particularly Papua New Guinea. His interest in the region began in 1966 when he took a teaching position at the Administrative College of Papua New Guinea and later the University. He lived in Papua New Guinea for seven years and studied the period of Japanese occupation, which led to several publications.

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TWO TOKYO FORCES BLOCKED IN NORTH; Chinese in Shansi Halt Drive From Hopeh and Another From Chahar

By Hugh Byas

Japanese forces reptd trapped at Niangtzekwan Pass between Hopei and Shansi Province; another force reptd halted in severe fighting at Sinhsien; Japanese deny Chinese recapture of Yenmen Pass and trapping of 50,000 in Shansi; Japanese planes attack Wuyuan, Suiyuan Province, as Chinese retreat there from Paotow; Japanese reach Chang River in Honan Province; map; Tokyo press repts Soviet plans to use Outer Mongolian troops to create disturbance on Inner Mongonlian frontier making stronger Japanese forces necessary; 8th Route Army active in Shansi Province; raid Japanese air base at Yangmingpo and destroy bridge between Tatung and Yenmen Pass; Chinese planes bomb Pingyuan; Japanese renew attacks on Nanking

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